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| Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. |
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| Republic of Croatia Croatia Repubika Hrvatska Hrvatska |
| Religions: Mostly Croats are Roman Catholics. |
| Climate: Mediterran and continential. With hot summers and cold winters, mild winters and dry summers along the coast. The wind patterns cool the coast with refreshing breezes in the summer months but the high mountains shield the coast from bitter winter weather. In spring and early summer a sea breeze is called the masetral and keeps the temperature down along the coast. The winter weather is defined by two winds. The south-easterly siroko from the Sahara brings warm moist air to the mainland and can produce a heavy cloud cover. This wind also has the steady strength that sailors love. The north-easterly bura blows from the interior to the coast in powerful gusts, bring dry air and blowing away winds. Summer dry periods can last upto 100 days at a time. |
| Geograhy: The topography of the country is divided into the lowland basin beteween the Sava and Drava Rivers which expands to the mountains and hills in the north, the mountainous karst region of the Dinaric range and the littoral which runs from Istria south through Dalmatia along the Adriatic. Croatia's offshore Isands are every bit as beautiful as those in Greece. There are 1185 islands and islets along the submerged Adriatci coastline. The largest of these are: Cres, Krk,Losinj, Pag and Rab in the north. Dugi otok in the middle and Braca, Hrva Korcula. Mljet and Vis in the south. Although islands such as Kurcula, Rab, Hvar and Mljet are lush most of the smaller islands are barren, with high mountains tht drop right into the ocean. |
| DAYS OF THE WEEK: MONDAY ponedeljak TUESDAY utorak WEDNESDAY srijeda THURSDAY cetvrtak FRIDAY petak SATURDAY subota SUNDAY pedjelja |
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| DAYS OF THE MONTH: JANUARY Sijecnju FEBRUARY Veljaci MARCH Ozujku APRIL Travnju MAY Svibnju JUNE Lipnju JULY Srpnju AUGUST Kolovuzu SEPTEMBER Rujnu OCTOBER Listopadu NOVEMBER Studenome DECEMBER Prosincu |
| Croatia is divided into 21 counties (zupanijas). The counties are: Bjelovar-Bilogora Dubrovnik-Nereta City of Zagreb Istra Karlovac Koprivnicia-Krizevci Kotar Krapina-Zagorie Lika-Senj Medimurje Pozega-Slovenija Primorje-Gorski Osijek-Baranja Sibenik-Knin Sisak-Moslavina Slavonski-Brod-Posavina Split-Dalmatia Virovitica-Podravina Zadar Varazdin Vukovar-Srijem Zagreb |
| Croatian Recipes |
| CEVAPCICI 500g pork and veal mince 1 Onion finely chopped salt and pepper Combine meat, salt, pepper, finely chopped onion and little water. Let it stand for approx 1-2 hours. Now make small thumbsize Cevapcice. Barbeque or cook on greased grill. During Cooking, remember to turn the cevapcici. Serve with cabbage salad and potatoes.. |
| CROATIAN CAKE 7 Egg yolks 150g sugar 200g grated walnuts 40g S.R. flour froth from egg white CREAM 150g sugar 150g unsalted butter 4 eggs 2 tblspoons instant coffee Mix the egg yolks with sugar until frothy. Gently blend in the walnuts, flour and eventually the egg whites. To make the frothy cream, mix eggs and sugar, add instant coffee and softened butter. |
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